Universal Declaration of Human Rights Turns 60

In December 2008, the world will celebrate the 60th anniversary of the signing of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The Elders (Nelson Mandela, Desmond Tutu, Ela Bhatt, Gro Brundtland, Jimmy Carter, Lakhdar Brahimi, Fernando H Cardoso, Kofi Annan, Graca Machel, Mary Robinson, Muhammad Yunus, Aung San Suu Kyi) have launched [...]

How to Use Soft Drinks To Kill Mice and Rats

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Finally, they’ve found one good thing about soda pop consumption - it kills rodents.
…If you have a problem with mice or rats, one way to get rid of them is with soda pop.
Mice and rats lack the ability to burp. You can use this to your advantage. Simply pour Pepsi or Coke into [...]

72% of India’s fruit, vegetable produce goes waste

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Another story proving that there isn’t a food shortage, there’s a big problem with the politics and systems around distributing food.  The article is about India, but it could just as easily be about dozens of other countries.
… About 72 per cent of the fruit and vegetable production of country goes waste because [...]

Myanmar Cyclone Relief Resources

Source: Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors

Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors is saddened by the devastation brought upon the people of Myanmar by the recent cyclone. The situation in Myanmar has grown dire as the government continues to delay the delivery of aid. The political situation creates a challenging environment for those wishing to help from [...]

Pangea Day: On May 10th Films Will Change the World

Source: Pangea Day
Pangea Day is a global event bringing the world together through film.
Why? In a world where people are often divided by borders, difference, and conflict, it’s easy to lose sight of what we all have in common. Pangea Day seeks to overcome that – to help people see themselves in others – through [...]

Zwaggle: How Parents Can Share Kids Stuff

Last night I met the founders of a company you have to check out: http://zwaggle.com/

If you have small kids, or know anyone who does, this is a great way to recycle
and share products for kids. Here’s their description of what they do:
Zwaggle is a national network of parents who have [...]

The Last Roundup

Source: Radar Magazine

“The technological capacity that the intelligence community has given the government could enable it to impose total tyranny,” Church pointed out in 1975. “And there would be no way to fight back, because the most careful effort to combine together in resistance to the government, no matter how privately [...]

Fuelling the world food crisis

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Yes, cars on American roads will burn up close to one-third of the enormous corn crop American farmers will grow this year. But because the United States is the world’s biggest producer of corn, an essential staple, this massive diversion from the food bowl to the fuel tank threatens to wreak increasing havoc [...]

Help to Save the Polar Bears Now

Whether or not you believe in global warming in a year where China and Russia had record winters, it is true that polar bears are losing habitat at record rates which is making them an endangered species.
Source: We Can Solve it

As climate change causes the continued shrinkage of Arctic sea ice, polar bears [...]

How to Use Your IRS Rebate Check

Source: Desert Peace

As you may have heard, the Bush Administration said each of us would get a rebate check to stimulate the economy.If we spend that money at Wal-Mart, all the money will go to China. If we spend it on gasoline it will go to the Arabs. If we purchase a computer, it [...]